{"id":5486,"date":"2022-09-23T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=5486"},"modified":"2022-09-23T07:35:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T14:35:40","slug":"1m-organ-transplants-what-comes-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/09\/23\/1m-organ-transplants-what-comes-next\/","title":{"rendered":"1M organ transplants &#8211; what comes next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5486\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The director of the Hume-Lee Transplant Center reflects on the milestone of 1 million transplanted organs in the U.S. and what\u2019s next for the world of transplantation.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2022, the United States&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/livingitforward.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">reached 1 million organ transplants<\/a>. Far outpacing other countries with this accomplishment, the demand for transplants still drastically outweighs the supply. Currently, the national&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unos.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">organ waitlist is over 100,000 people<\/a>&nbsp;and many die on the waitlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about how VCU Health\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcuhealth.org\/hume-lee-transplant-center\">Hume-Lee Transplant Center<\/a>\u00a0is working to meet this demand and what\u2019s next for the future of transplants, we sat down with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcuhealth.org\/find-a-provider\/find-a-provider\/marlon-levy\">Dr. Marlon Levy<\/a>, chief medical officer at VCU Medical Center and director of the transplant center.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcuhealth.org\/news\/1m-organ-transplants-what-comes-next\">Read the full story<\/a> from VCU Health.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5486\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading The director of the Hume-Lee Transplant Center reflects on the milestone of 1 million transplanted organs in the U.S. and what\u2019s next for the world of transplantation. 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